Kings

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1 Kings/2 Kings Reading Guide

To be read over the next two weeks

1 Kings 1-2 Solomon succeeds David

1 Kings 3-4 Solomon asks for wisdom

1 Kings 5-8 Solomon builds the temple

The temple is built - Israel and Jerusalem at the pinnacle of greatness

1 Kings 9-11 Solomon’s downfall

Compare Solomon to the ideal king described in Deuteronomy 17:14-20

What caused Solomon’s downfall?

Who was Jeroboam? What did the prophet Ahijah say to Jeroboam?

1 Kings 12-16 The split between Judah and Israel

Who was the first king of Judah? Who was the first king of Israel?

What was the Capital city of Judah? What was the Capital city of Israel?

What did Jeroboam do in chapter 12  that compares to Exodus 32?

Why did he do it?

Compare 1 Kings 12:28 to Exodus 32:4.

Why didn’t Rehoboam attack Israel?

1 Kings 17 - 2 Kings 13 Elijah and Elisha

Ahab and Jezebel - injustice and idolatry

2 Kings 5 - Pay attention to the account of Naaman

Good kings and bad kings

What made the good kings good? What made the bad kings bad?

2 Kings 14-17 Israel on the road to Assyrian EXILE

Chapter 17

When Assyria conquered:

What happened to the people of Israel?

What happened to the land and cities of Israel?

Why did this happen?

2 Kings 18-23 Judah’s last chance

We three kings of Judah are…

Compare and contrast these three kings: Hezekiah (18-20); Manasseh ( 21); Josiah ( 22-23)

Where do they fit on the good king - bad king scale? Why?

2 Kings 24-25 Babylonian conquest and EXILE of Judah

What happened to King Jehoiachin when Nebuchadnezzar came to Jerusalem?

How did Zedekiah get his position as king? What did he do that led to the final defeat and destruction of Jerusalem?

Jerusalem and the temple are destroyed - Israel is scattered

Postscript: 2 Kings 25:27-30 Is God done with Israel and David’s line?

How long after the destruction of Jerusalem did these events take place?

Who was King Jehoiachin? What happened to him here?

What was the point? Why do you think God inspired the writers to include this event in scripture?